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Job 28:2

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 28:2

Verse 2 of 28

Scripture focus

Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.

Job 28:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 28:2

Theological / Devotional

Iron. Iron is mentioned here as an illustration of the skill and accomplishments of man (see on Gen. 4:22; cf. Num. 35:16; Deut. 27:5).

Brass. By “brass” is meant copper or bronze (see Gen. 4:22; Ex. 25:3 ; 26:11). The mention of “stone,” from which it is molten, shows that the metal was extracted from ore. This is proof that copper is intended. Brass is properly an alloy of copper and zinc and must be compounded. The alloy came into general use centuries later. Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, is much older. Whenever “brass” is mentioned in the OT either copper or bronze is meant.

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